Building construction



w. G. F ORKEY BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Filed Jan. 14, 1926 IHVEN TORWILLARD G. FORKEY, or. oIIIoAeo, ILLINOIS.

' BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Application fi1edJanuary 14, 1926. S erialNo. 81,279.

My invention relates to improvements in building constructions, and itconsists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangementshereindescribed and claimed.

In forming the ceilings and floors of buildings where concrete isemployed, it has been the practice to suspend wires from thereinforcingmembers embedded in the concrete, these wires being securedto what is commonly known as pencil rods. The rods in turn are thensecured to a metal lath by wires, and to this lath the plaster issubsequently applied.

It is obvious thatthis construction prerents the pencil rods from beingdisposed in parallel relation, unless great care is taken in disposingthe supporting Wires inv proper position. A second disadvantage fromthis construction lies in the fact that it takes considerable time tosecure the wires to the reinforcing means and then to the pencil rods.

The principal object of the invention 1s to overcome these disadvantagesand other disadvantages hereinafter pointed out, and to this end Iprovide what I term hangers which may be partially embedded in theconcrete, these hangers having novel means for supporting the pencilrods and for permitting the pencil rods to be disposed substantiallyparallel with respect to each other, and be spaced apart any distancedesired.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the typedescribed which cuts down the time in securing What is called thefurring to the ceiling.

Other objects and advantages Wlll appear in the following specification,and the novel features of the invention will be particularly ponited outin the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings. forming partof this application, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional view of a floorshowing my device operatively applied thereto,

Figure 2 1s a side elevation of the novel.

type of hanger,

Figure 3 shows the method of securingfrom the floor below and carriesforms 2, the forms being split at 8 for receiving a portion of thehangers 4.

The hangers 4 form my invention, while the shoring l and the forms 2form no part of my invention except in so far-as they cooperate with myinvention. ure 2, I show the construction of the hangers 4. It will benoted from this figure that the hanger 4 has large openings 5 forpermitting the hanger to be embedded in the concrete 6 and the concreteto flow into the openings. The hanger is further provided with smallopenings 7 these openings being preferably spaced five-eighths of aninch In Fig apart, and being of a size large enough to The'nail 10 isused for supporting the hanger on the forms 2 prior to the time that thecement is poured around the hanger.

The nails 10 prevent movement of the hanger toward the forms 2, whilestaples 11 prevent movement of the hangers in the opposite direction. Itwill be also noted that the staples straddle the nails 10. Thisconstruction prevents the longitudinal movement of the hangers. Thehangers are supported in the position shown in Figure 3, and it will benoted that the openings 5 are positioned above the tops of the forms 2where they will receive the concrete when it is poured.

From the foregoing description of the.

various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readilyunderstood. -The' shoring 1 and the forms 2 are first disposed in placewhen forming the floor and support pans 12. These pans are U-shaped, as

shown in Figure 1, and the legs of the pans rest upon the upper surfacesof the forms for permitting concrete to fall down between the pans andrest upon the forms 2. Prior to the pouring of-the cement, reinforcingmembers, not shown, may be laid upon the tops of the pans. The concreteis now poured and partially embeds the hangers 4. The portions ofthehangers having the row of openings 7 therein are exposed, and when theshoring and the forms are removed, these portions may carry the pencilrods 8. The openings 7 are spaced very close together.

" sections to be placed almost end to end, be

cause the end of one section Will be placed in an opening and the end ofthe next succeeding section Will be placed in an opening adjacentthereto. Moreover, this manner of suspension permits the pencil rods 8to be disposed in substantially parallel rows because'the openings 7 arespaced so close together as to pern'iit a single section of the pencilrods to be passed through substantially aligned openings in adjacenthangers 4. It'is obvious that the openings 7 in the hangers 4 take theplace of the numerous wires which are now required to sup- In Figure 4 Ishow a slightly modified form of the device. It will be noted from thisfigure that the hangers 4: directly support the metal lath 13, the lathbeing secured to the hangers by Wires 50 that are threadedthrough theopenings in thelath and through the openings 7. In this form of thedevice, the pencil rods 8 are done away with. The type of lath employedin this form of the device is preferably that known by hy-riborVself-centering? lath. V

I claim:

1. A device of the type described comprising forms for supportingconcrete flooring while said fiooring is hardening, hangers having aplurality of relatively large openings and a plurality of relativelysmall openings therein, means cooperating With said forms for holdingsaid hangers While said flooring is hardening, said hangers beingpositioned so as to become embedded in the concrete flooring, and therelatively large openings being filled With concrete, and pencil rodsremovably disposed in the relatively small openings.

2. A device of the type described comprising t'orms for supportingconcrete flooring While said flooring is hardening, hangers having aplurality of relatively large openings and a plurality of relativelysmall open war WW

